Adult height in growth hormone (GH)-deficient children treated with biosynthetic GH

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 418-420

  Blethen, Sandra L ^a,b   Baptista, Joyce ^b   Kuntze, Joyce ^b   Foley, Thomas ^c   LaFranchi, Stephen ^d   Johanson, Ann ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOMATREM;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE AGE; CHILD; DRUG EFFECT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; SHORT STATURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031026528     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.82.2.3734     Document Type: Article

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